Hemicraniectomy: a second chance on life for patients with space-occupying MCA infarction

Editorial

Stephan A Mayer. Stroke. 2007 Sep.

. 2007 Sep;38(9):2410-2.

doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.494203. Epub 2007 Aug 9.

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